I guess it depends on the descent rate. Even a descent over a 6 year period can be pretty insufferable.
Yes I know pressurized at 5500 feet opening the door would have been impossible but I would have given it a shot. Terminal speed of a falling human is about 125 mph - better than the 550 mph of that ghost ship.
I guess it depends on the descent rate. Even a descent over a 6 year period can be pretty insufferable.
It would have been all over in less than a second when it hit. Say the plane was traveling at 500mph ... that equals around 750fps ... the length of that Airbus was about 120ft. Total time at impact: 0.17sec. IOW it would take about that much time for the tail to hit the front of the plane crushing the cabin.
When I was a teenager we had a pretty bad fire in our house and for a few minutes while waiting for the fire department I truly thought I was gonna die...largely because of all the smoke.During those several minutes I became very calm...almost dreamlike...and my life stared to flash before my eyes.Yes,it really did happen.
Of course mine could have been an unusual reaction....
Interesting idea, but wouldn't you be ripped apart trying to exit an airplane flying at 550 mph assuming you didn't slam into the tail or some other part of it?
If you survived you'd die a slow death in the Alps.
While the terminal speed of a falling human is slower, that passenger would still leave the plane at 550 mph! Granted, they would slow relatively quickly (somewhere between the plane speed and terminal), but probably not before being flung into a mountain at a very high speed.
At times like that, it's good to know that your seat cushion can be used as a floatation device.